McIntosh Times

News

The Fosston Tri-Coop held its Annual Meeting last Thursday, March 16, 2017, at Ventures Bar & Grill. It was one of the Co-op's largest meetings with over 100 patrons in attendance. Highlights from the meeting included the financial report which stated a $250,000 dividend, profit for the year...

McIntosh Heritage and Arts Center has had a busy beginning to 2017. There is now more focus on research and genealogy, which is the mission of McIntosh Heritage and Arts Center.
Several genealogy seeking families have stopped by to look through MHAC’s vast years of McIntosh Times newspapers and...

A fun and entertaining play was presented by WEM Junior High Students last Saturday evening and Sunday Afternoon at the Arts and Event Center. The play, 'Sleeping Beauty and the Beast' was a comedy mash up of many fairy tales and fictional characters.

On Wednesday, March 8th, 2017, the Win-E-Mac Student Achievement Committee hosted the Students of the Quarter Breakfast for Third Quarter at Win-E-Mac School in the FACS room. The Students were selected by various departments in the secondary school for overall performance and leadership in the...

The Quilts of Valor ladies had a sew day at the McIntosh Community Center on Saturday, March 4th, where they gathered to sew the quilt tops for the many quilts they give to our local veteran's each year.

Two University of Minnesota Extension events were held last week at the McIntosh Community Center. The 2017 Polk County Crop Improvement Association meeting was held on Monday, March 6th where local area crop producers were able to hear presentations such as ‘2017 Wheat Variety Selection: Scab...

Students at Win-E-Mac Elementary took part in ReadQuest, a nationwide reading event on Friday, March 3, 2017. They joined more than 12,000 educators and tens of thousands of students in Renaissance’s annual one-day reading celebration that encouraged K–12 students to celebrate the power of reading—...

Over 300 people were present when Paul Carlson was presented a Quilt of Valor by Kathryn Carver during the 10th Annual Caring Friends Concert held at the Bagley High School on Saturday, February 11th.
Paul is a Vietnam veteran from Winger. During his time in the military his job was to keep the...

Dennis Boucher, McIntosh, was elevated to Auxiliary President of the Minnesota Association of Farm Mutual Insurance Companies at the MAFMIC 122nd Annual Convention, February 5-7, 2017, in Bloomington, Minnesota.
Mr. Boucher has served on the State Association's Auxiliary Committee for the past two...

The February McIntosh Council meeting was called to order on February 9th at 5:30 pm at the Community Center.
All members of the Council were present.
The City Clerk and the Council discussed the possibility of a part-time deputy clerk. The part-time position would understand the office procedures...